It seems to me you haven't given Jimmy Falon a chance because that commercial was god awful. No one is perfect in the beginning. He is trying to break new ground in a lot of the stuff he does, most of it being geek humor, and people haven't caught on yet. It also seems that a lot of geeks have it out for him as if he ran over their dog or something.

Truthfully, I too haven't been that impressed with his comedy, but he had Kevin and Alex on his show where they did a short episode of diggnation and Joshua Topolsky from engadget showing off the palm pre. If he keeps having awesome guests on and refines his comedy a bit, he'll have a great show.

Plus I don't know what is up with his audience. If you've ever noticed, things are a lot funnier when others are laughing at it too. It's a great reason to have laugh reels in comedies. And the problem is that the audience for Jimmy Falon's show is the quietest I've ever seen. I've heard audiences laugh at the most asinine stuff in the world, but put them in front of falon and they are as quiet as can be. It becomes obvious when they do a pan of them however, it's made up of a lot of old people. The completely wrong demographic for his show. They need to get either a younger audience in there or start liquoring them up if Jimmy Falon wants to get some laughs.

There is a HUGE difference between Falon and Conan. Its the delivery of the jokes. If i had never heard of either guy before and i heard them deliver the same joke, it would be funnier coming from Conan. But that aside, the jokes themselves are just awful. You know they are bad because whenever he delivers them he has this look on his face like he didnt know the joke was coming. Like its the first time he has heard it and he cant believe he had to say it.

There is a HUGE difference between Falon and Conan. Its the delivery of the jokes. If i had never heard of either guy before and i heard them deliver the same joke, it would be funnier coming from Conan. But that aside, the jokes themselves are just awful. You know they are bad because whenever he delivers them he has this look on his face like he didnt know the joke was coming. Like its the first time he has heard it and he cant believe he had to say it.

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You're right, it is all in the delivery. Conan had some pretty awful jokes in his day, his monolouge was practically useless if it wasn't for his delivery of them. And while I don't know this for sure, I bet Conan's delivery during his first month on air, was nothing like it is/was now.

Obviously Falon has to find his own, but I think once he does the audience will grow to love it just as much as Conan. Guess we will just have to wait and see.

You're absolutely right, Conan was awful at first: in his first three years he was noticeably nervous (this was even pointed out in the opening title animation with a sweating Conan), and the show was rarely renewed for more than a week at a time. The only reason he was kept afloat in that time was because one of the board members believed in him despite his failing ratings.

The difference between Conan and Jimmy Fallon, however, is that Conan had NEVER been a public personality when he started. He was a writer for SNL and the Simpsons before he got the job, his first time ever appearing as a TV comic. Meanwhile, Fallon has been an acting comedian for like a DECADE on SNL. He should know how to deliver a joke by now, whether or not he's doing it in a sketch or behind a desk.

Admittedly I might not be giving Jimmy's show a proper chance because he's never made me laugh in all his years on SNL. More often than not I get distracted by him making eye-contact with the camera every minute and his inability to keep a straight face.

fallon is not-likeable and he's not a "TV personality." Jay, Conan, letterman, even kimmel succeed because they have a persoanlity. something to lean back on even when their material isn't funny. fallon doesn't have that. at all, nor will he ever. that's why he will fail.

and also hes not funny and his mannerisms and face gestures are idiotic.